Into the Magic Shop

Growing up, Jim Doty was from a poor, dysfunctional family, with an alcoholic father and a chronically depressed mother. But he overcame his childhood to become a successful neurosurgeon and the founding director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. On this episode, we hear some of his amazing stories of the power of mindfulness and compassion from his new memoir, Into the Magic Shop.